Unit 1 Music 重点词汇拓展（同步课件）英语新教材沪教版五四学制七年级下册

重点词汇讲解 Unit1 Music 教师______ 学校______ 重点词汇 musician n.音乐家；作曲家 Ellen is one of our most talented young musicians. 艾伦是我们最有才华的年轻音乐家之一。 【提示】-ian 是常见的表示“人”的后缀，如：magician (魔术师) ,historian (历史学家),Canadian (加拿大人)。 download v.下 载 You can download the software on the company's website. 你可以在该公司网站上下载这款软件。 【提示】download 也可作名词。 The software is available for download on our website. 这款软件在我们的网站上开放下载。 【联想】upload v.&n.上传 The file is ready for upload. 文件已经可以上传。 Friendship has been a popular theme in songs of all styles. 友谊一直都是各种歌曲类型中受欢迎的主题。 【提示】theme 也可指谈话、演讲、书籍、电影等的主题。 The main theme of the book is the importance of honesty. 这本书的主题是诚信的重要性。 theme n.(乐曲的)主题，主旋律 Peter formed a rock band with some friends in college. 彼得和几个大学朋友组建了一支摇滚乐队。 【提示】rock 表示音乐类型时，即指rock music。此外 ，rock作名词还可以指“岩石；碎石”,而作动词则可表示“(使)摇动，震动”。 Jack stood on a rock for a better view. 杰克为了看到更好的风景，站在一块 岩石上。 The waves rocked the boat from side to side. 海浪左右摇晃着船。 【提示】rock又称rock and roll/rock‘n'roll,其中文译名“摇滚”即源于此。摇滚乐是一种流行音乐类型，起源于20世纪50年代的美国。 rock n.摇滚乐 title n. (乐曲等的)名称，标题，题目 The title of this play is Othello.这部剧目的名称为《奥赛罗》。 【提示】title可以指歌曲、乐曲、电影、书籍、画作等的名称或标题，也可以指 “头衔”“职称”等。 What's her title —is she Professor or Doctor?她的头衔是什么——是教授 还是博士? What's your job title now—are you managing director?你现在的职位是什么——是总经理吗? 【联想】subtitle n.副标题；字幕 The subtitle of the book is The Making of an Artist.书的副标题是《一名艺术家的诞生》。 unknown adj. 不出名的；无名的 As recently as six months ago her name was almost unknown in this country. 就在6个月前，她的名字在这个国家还几乎无人知晓。 For some unknown reason,Mark quit his job and moved to Greece.出于某种未知的原因，马克辞职搬去了希腊。 【提示】unknown 源自动词know(知道；了解),反义词为known (知名的；已知的) ,well-known (众所周知的)。 It's a well-known fact that smoking can cause cancer.众所周知，吸烟会致癌。 【提示】well-known的近义词为famous, 常与 for 连用，表示“以……闻名”。 He was well-known for his unique writing style.他以独特的文风而闻名。 另外，well-known 的最高级为 best-known (最知名的)。 Beethoven's Symphony No.5 is one of the best-known works in the classical music world.贝多芬的《第五交响曲》是古典音乐世界中最有名的作品之一。 well-known adj.众所周知的 Do you have a colour preference? 你有颜色方面的偏好吗? 【提示】preference 常跟for 搭配，表示“对……的偏好”。 I have a preference for sweet food over spicy food. 比起辛辣食物，我更喜欢甜食。 【联想】prefer v.较喜欢；喜欢……多于…… have a preference for ….over/rather than .…相当于prefer ...to/rather than ..。 preference n. 偏爱；偏好 I sing with the university chorus. 我参加大学合唱团。 【提示】应注意chorus 的发音，其中字母组合ch 的发音为/k/。类似的单词还有school,chemistry,Christmas等。 chorus 一词表示“合唱团”时，近义词为choir (合唱团；唱诗班)。 He joined the school choir at the age of eight.他八岁时加入了学校合唱团。另外，chorus 还可以表示“合唱部分；合唱曲”。 I'd like you all to join in the chorus of the song.我希望大家都能参与这首歌的合唱部分。 chorus n.合唱团；歌唱队 choose (chose,chosen) v. 选择；挑选 Come here and choose your ice cream. 到这儿来挑你喜欢吃的冰淇淋。 【提示】choose 一词的常见搭配有：choose to do sth.(选择做某事) ,choose from …( 从 …… 中 挑 选 ) ,choose .….for sb.(为某人挑选 …… ) ,choose ... as …(将 …… 选为 … … )。 We chose to go by plane.我们选择坐飞机去。 He chose a shirt from the many in the wardrobe.他从衣柜里众多衬衫中挑 选了一件。 I've chosen a birthday present for my mum.我为妈妈挑选了一件生日礼物。 Yesterday we chose Dales as the team's new captain.昨天我们将戴尔斯选为球队新队长。 【联想】choice n.选择；抉择；选择余地 It's a difficult choice to make.这很难抉择。(make a choice做出决定) It's a choice between pain nand pain later.这是在眼下痛苦和今后的痛苦之间做出选择。(a choice between .….……之间的选择) He had no choice but to accept.他别无选择，只能接受。(此处的choice为不可数名词，意思是“选择余地”) actually adv.的确；真实地；事实上 So what actually happened? 那么到底发生了什么呢? 【提示】actually 一词主要有以下用法： (1)表示“意外”,强调真实的情况与预期或别人的想法不一致。 —Are you disappointed?你失望了吗? —No, actually I'm rather glad.不，实际上我很高兴。 (2)作副词修饰整个句子，用于补充上文信息，或开启新的话题，常用在口语中。 I've known Barbara for years.Since we were babies,actually .我认识芭芭拉好多年了，实际上，打从襁褓里我们就认识了。 raise v.提升；筹集 Many shops have raised their prices.许多商店提高了商品价格。 We should raise our awareness of protecting the environment.我们应当提升环保意识。 They are raising funds to help the poor.他们正在募集资金用于帮助穷人。 【提示】raise 一词还有其他含义，如： raise your hand 举手(抬起；举起) raise the flag升旗(升起) The discussion raised some problems.这次讨论提到了一些问题。(提及；提起) She was raised by her grandparents.她由祖父母养大。(养育) 【联想】rise(rose,risen)v. 升高；起身；起床 The sun rises in the east.太阳从东方升起。 Everyone rose when he entered the room.当他进门时，所有人都站了起来。 early to bed and early to rise 早睡早起 You can't hear Ron's stutter when he sings.当罗恩唱歌的时候，你听不到他结巴。 She stutters a little,so be patient and let her finish what she's saying.她有点儿口吃，所以耐心些，让她把话说完。 【提示】名词stutter 可以用slight,bad,terrible 等修饰，用以表示程度。 He was a thin,young man with nervous eyes and a slight stutter.他是个瘦弱的年轻人，眼神紧张，有些口吃。 He was slow to read and slow to learn,and he had a terrible stutter.他读得慢，学得慢，还有严重口吃。 stutter n.&v.口吃；结巴 Traffic is now flowing smoothly again. 交通现在又恢复畅通了。 【提示】smoothly 还有其他常用含义，如： It'll take about three hours if everything goes smoothly .如果一切顺利，要花三个小时。( 顺利地 ) I drove through the gates and they closed smoothly behind me.我开车穿过 大门，大门在我身后稳稳地关上了。(稳 稳 地 ) 【联想】smooth adj.光滑的；顺利的；流畅的 smoothly adv.连续而流畅地 She kept silent about the future plan. 她对未来的计划保持沉默。 【提示】silent经常与keep (保持) ,remain (保持) ,fall (变得) ,become (变得)这些连系动词搭配使用。 【联想】silence n.寂静；沉默 silently adv.默默地；悄悄地 A loud crash of thunder broke the silence of the night一声响雷打破了夜晚的寂静。 She cried silently into a handkerchief.她捂着手帕默默哭泣。 【提示】silent指not speaking,即“不说话的；沉默的”;而quiet指making very little noise,意思是“安静的；小声的”。 silent adj.不说话的；沉默的 I just want to sit down and relax .我只想坐下来休息。 A hot bath can help relax you.泡个热水澡能让你放松下来。 【提示】relax 可以指“变得放松；休息”,如上面的第一句例句；也可以指 “使……放松下来”,如第二句例句。 【联想】relaxed adj.放松的；休闲的 relaxing adj.令人放松的 Molly was lying in the sun looking very relaxed and happy.莫利躺在阳光下，看起来放松愉悦。 At the club you can enjoy relaxing music.在俱乐部你可以听到轻松的音乐。 relaxation n.放松；休息；休闲活动 I played the piano for relaxation .我弹了会钢琴，放松一下。 Yoga is one of my favourite relaxation s.瑜伽是我最爱的休闲活动之一。 relax v.放松；休息 After you gain some experience teaching abroad,you can come home and get a job.在获得一些海外教学经验后，你就可以回国找份工作。 gain a lot of weight 增 重 gain speed 加速 【提示】gain 作动词还有“(从……中)受益，获益”的意思，常见用法为 gain sth.from sth.。 What do you hope to gain from the course?你希望从这门课程中学到些什么? gain也可以用作名词，表示“收获；增长”。 No pain(s),no gain( s). 一分耕耘， 一分收获。 Side effects of the medicine include tiredness,headaches or weight gain. 药物的副作用包括疲乏、头痛或体重增加。 gain v. 增加；增添 He has the confidence to start a conversation with strangers.他有信心迅速和陌生人搭上话。 【提示】confidence 的常见搭配有：have confidence in(对… …有信心), lose confidence in(对… … 失去信心),gain confidence(增加信心) ,boost confidence (增强信心) ,have every/complete confidence in(对… … 有十足 信心) ,a lack of confidence(缺乏信心)等。 【联想】confident adj.自信的；有信心的 He is quietly confident that there will be no problems this time.他有信心，觉得这次不会有问题了。 I feel quite confident about the future.我对未来充满信心。(be confident about sth.对某事有信心) I am confident of winning the game.我对赢得比赛充满信心。(be confident of winning/victory对赢得……或胜利有信心) confidence n.信心；信任 She described the painting in detail.她详细地描述了那幅画。 Can you describe the man to me?你能对我描述一下那个男人吗? It's difficult to describe how I feel.很难描述我的感受。 【联想】description n.描写 (文字 ) ; 形容 ； 说明 (常与clear,detailed, ccurate,vivid 等连用 ) He gave us a clear description of the situation in the city.他向我们清晰地描述了城市的状况。 Some of his descriptions are very detailed.他的一部分描述非常详细。 The hotel's description of its facilities was not very accurate.酒店对其设施的说明不够准确。 The book contains some vivid descriptions of his childhood.书中对他的童年进行了一些生动的描述。 describe v.描述；形容 see you again $$